Ruto is a victim of dark forces in previous administration and ICC

NAIROBI: I strongly believe Deputy President William Ruto is an innocent man. In my view, he is not guilty of the charges leveled against him at the International Criminal Court (ICC). I have no qualms at all stating that he was a victim of a morbid conspiracy by a cabal of power-hungry characters around former President Mwai Kibaki who abused their offices to fix him. He was framed; the witnesses were procured by government shenanigans, and he was sacrificed on behalf of the ODM fraternity by the powers that be at the time.

In 2007, I spent a great deal of time traversing the length and breadth of this country campaigning for ODM , alongside Ruto. It was a campaign like no other, and we shuttled from Moyale to Lamu, from Wanga to Mandera, determined to wrestle power from the Kibaki old guards. The indefatigable Ruto, with immense organisational skills and great oratorical prowess, threw in everything he had to dislodge the incumbent.